We saw the oxidation/reduction of malate to/fro oxaloacetate in two pathways that we looked at: _____________________________________ and _________________________.

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We saw the oxidation/reduction of malate to/fro oxaloacetate in two pathways that we looked at: _____________________________________ and _________________________.

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Malate synthesized by the carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate in the guard cells of plant deprotonation of both carboxy groups of malic acid. It derives from a succinate(2-) and is a conjugate base of a malic acid.

 

Oxaloacetate is reacts with acetyl-CoA to form citrate, catalyzed by citrate synthase. It is involved in a lot of processes such as the glyoxylate cycle, the urea cycle, gluconeogenesis,, etc. 

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